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Young voters shed image of apathy with turnout of at least 50 percent
The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida ^ | 2008-11-09 | Andrew Abramson

Posted on 11/10/2008 7:23:39 AM PST by rabscuttle385

The young people will never come out to vote, even for Barack Obama. They're the most unreliable demographic. They'd rather play video games.

That was the underlying message from pundits in the months leading up to the presidential election. History showed that the youngest voters don't show up to the polls in masses.

That changed Tuesday, when, for the first time since 1972, at least half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 voted, according to preliminary statistics from the Center of Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

(Excerpt) Read more at palmbeachpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; bho2008; collegevote; election; generationy; youthvote
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1 posted on 11/10/2008 7:23:40 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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To: rabscuttle385

Okay, then the total vote was the same as 2004. This must mean that the elders are staying home or in their graves on election day.............


2 posted on 11/10/2008 7:25:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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To: rabscuttle385

Did they actually show up and vote, or did someone send in a mail-in ballot with their name on it?


3 posted on 11/10/2008 7:25:45 AM PST by ChicagahAl (So your bumper sticker says: "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!"? Duh!)
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To: Red Badger

It’s obvious that a lot of potential Republican voters stayed home.


4 posted on 11/10/2008 7:26:48 AM PST by ChicagahAl (So your bumper sticker says: "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!"? Duh!)
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To: rabscuttle385

But I thought I heard that the level of youth voting only went up slightly, like from 15 to 18 per cent?


5 posted on 11/10/2008 7:26:53 AM PST by raccoonradio
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To: rabscuttle385

Watch for Democrats to push for more and more early (and easy) voting, so that you can vote for Obama by 2009 for the 2012 election.


6 posted on 11/10/2008 7:27:39 AM PST by rom
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To: rabscuttle385

Baloney.


8 posted on 11/10/2008 7:29:15 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: rabscuttle385

I saw it first hand at my polling place. Kids and aging hippies I did not even know lived in my zip code. I wish I could have recorded their inane and clueless conversation on the election.

I noted that they seemed to only vote on the presidential race too as they took all of two seconds at the machine.


9 posted on 11/10/2008 7:31:46 AM PST by doodad
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To: rabscuttle385

I worked the polls on Nov. 4th and I was amazed how many first time youth voters showed up. It was taking the sheep to slaughter. Had several ask if they could just vote for the president. You could tell that they just wanted to be part of the “movement”. The supervisor was a rat and she would tell these 18 year olds that they could if the wanted to just vote for the president. I knew what she was doing. Had Obama staffers out front along with an attorney all day “helping” these young voters as they came in. Are precinct had 1,100 regestered voters and is a staunch republican precinct. McCain won 57% to 43%. Too many pub’s voting for 0.


10 posted on 11/10/2008 7:33:05 AM PST by mmanager (It's amazing to watch a 900# Moose drag a 3,000# RINO.)
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To: ChicagahAl

Our dead don’t vote in huge numbers.....


11 posted on 11/10/2008 7:33:31 AM PST by Red Badger (Hey! Look on the bright side! At least Joe Biden is out of the Senate!..........)
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To: rabscuttle385

My niece tells me that students were trading votes at school. Register to vote at home and register to vote where they go to school and match them with someone who could vote in one place while they voted in the other.

Unbelievable fraud in this election and it’s going to go unpunished so it can grow even more.


12 posted on 11/10/2008 7:34:24 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: doodad

It only takes 2 seconds to vote a straight ticket.


13 posted on 11/10/2008 7:34:49 AM PST by Ditter
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To: rabscuttle385

However the image of “young skulls full of mush” remains...


14 posted on 11/10/2008 7:35:45 AM PST by ikka
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To: clyde12
They only came out to vote because Democrats screamed: "FREEEEEEE STUFFFFFFF!!!"

And they had no idea that the congress that had a 9% approval rating was run by democrats. On top of that, the people in charge of making sure financial agencies were on the up and up were democrats. But why should facts get in the way of voting blindly?

15 posted on 11/10/2008 7:36:01 AM PST by Long Island Pete (Rely on others to do for you & you wind up breast feeding from the government and eating her cheese)
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To: Ditter

The machines don’t do that here.

I saw them click on the first screen and forward forward forward to the end.


16 posted on 11/10/2008 7:39:19 AM PST by doodad
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To: facedown

Liberals are planting these false stories throughout the media. We should compile a list of suspect journalists who are involved in the cover-up of the vote fraud.


17 posted on 11/10/2008 7:39:50 AM PST by UnfinishedWork
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To: Long Island Pete

I can’t wait to hear their reaction when their president tells them they *must* serve, whether they like it or not. It would also be awfully ironic if he proposed a draft, wouldn’t it? I’d almost love to see it.


18 posted on 11/10/2008 7:40:46 AM PST by TNCMAXQ
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To: Long Island Pete

I lost a good conservative congressman this time out. The sad thing was that the local paper said that he was a good representative but he didn’t bring enough pork to the district so they endorsed the democrat who was going to “change” things.


19 posted on 11/10/2008 7:41:56 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: doodad

In Texas you can vote a straight ticket and then go back and reverse some votes if you choose or leave it all one party.


20 posted on 11/10/2008 7:42:24 AM PST by Ditter
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